Historiae romanae ab urbe condita, libri xlv. quotquot ad nostram aetatem peruenerunt [...]. His adiecimus, ulrà brevem Livii, L. etiam Flori, Epitomen : Sigonii chronologiam, Pomponii Laeti de Antiquitatibus Romanorum, & plaeraque alia ad Romanam historiam pertinentia, quae pagina vi. docebit.

3 parts in 1 vol., folio: [42]-31-[7], 850-[2 bl.], 534-[44] pp. (one single wormhole in lower margin almost throughout vol. and sm. marg. wormtracks/wormholes in the end, spotting and occ. foxing, occ. sl. marg. (damp)stains).

18th-c. marbled calf, gilt central coat of arms on covers ruled with a gilt roll-stamp, gilt orn. (fleur-de-lis) spine with raised bands, gilt edges (rubbed, wormtracks and wormholes, head def., sm. def. to tail).

Impressive Livius edition with extensive humanist commentaries (by Carlo Sigonio, Henry Glarean, Lorenzo della Valle, Jean Velcurio, Marco-Antonio Sabellio, Filippo Beroaldo, etc.), edited by Jacques Gohory (1520-1576), French lawyer, alchemist and physicist. Each book begins with the corresponding extracts from Florus' Epitome. Edition shared between J. Charron, G. Julien, J. Macé and M. Sonnius and opening with Erasmus' dedicatory letter of his Livius ed. (Basel, 1531) to Charles Blount. Sm. type commentaries surrounding the text in larger type. Large woodcut mark on title.
Ref. Adams L-1347. - Pettegree (FB) 77998. - Renouard, Imprimeurs et libraires Parisiens, fasc. Brumen, 1573:180. - STC French, p. 285 (other issue).
Prov. Presentation copy with coat of arms of France.